Mr. Magoo
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I don't know about being personally invested in Cam Newton. She didn't mention any contact that she's had with the Newtons since they were at Blinn together and I doubt there has been any contact. But as for being professionally invested in Cam Newton, that is simply not the case. Gena Parsons is retired from Blinn, and lives in the Florida Keys now. The letter she wrote was to a local columnist of a Florida Keys news service. She saw a column the local guy wrote about Cam Newton (a positive column, I believe) and decided to take time out of her day to write to the columnist and support what he was saying with her own firsthand view of Newton at Blinn College. There is no discernible ulterior motive, she could just as easily have not written the columnist at all. She was just a regular citizen of the Florida Keys, no longer an employee of Blinn College, and decided to share the fact that she'd been around a lot of athletes that make their way through Blinn trying to get back into D1-A ball and potentially the pros, and that Cam's personality was the most special she'd run across.
I understand you keep searching for reasons to be skeptical...but there aren't many, along the avenue that you're talking about right now. Newton hasn't had to say anything to any teams yet about his past at Gainesville. Warren Moon has counseled him to be as honest as possible about it. I think that's good advice. But it may not even be advice Mr. Moon needed to give, because all signs point to Cam being honest about his past with those that he's worked with. And THAT is what matters.
Ah, okay. I went and found the article and read it. Thanks for that. It tips the balance in the manner you're suggesting.
The only part I'd disagree with is that all signs point to Cam being honest about his past with that he's worked with. So far, this is the only sign I know about one way or another. I suppose that's the strict definition of "all" but I know I'd like to see and hear more.
Not because I'm owed, but because it would it potentially be a sign of how he plans to treat the issue in private with NFL teams.